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 In our continued study of Acts, we have come to Acts 3 and our text for today will be verses 19 through 26.

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! Last week, we looked together at Peter's second sermon, the beginning of it at very least, and we ended at verse 19.

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 And we saw that like his first sermon, which we see in chapter 2 of Acts, this sermon was preceded by a miracle.

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 The first time by the disciples speaking in many different languages, this time the healing of a lame beggar.

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 And these miracles were meant to give confirmation to the message that was about to be preached.

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 God sets the stage. In fact, we see in this sermon that Peter and John are headed to the temple to pray.

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 Verse 1 of chapter 3, his intention was not to go to the temple to preach.

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 They encounter this man and this miracle is performed and a great crowd gathers to them.

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 Now, this sermon that he preaches follows the same format of his first sermon.

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 And, beloved, it's important for us to remember as we observe the Apostle Peter, who was such a high point in redemptive history,

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 such a man to carry the gospel to these people that we are all called to be preachers of the gospel of Christ

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 amongst our neighbors and our co-workers and our classmates.

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 And so we need to pay attention to the content of these sermons.

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 Same format.

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 He first exalts Christ.

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 He second, indicts his listeners, calls them guilty.

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 And he third, calls his listeners to repent.

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 Last week, as we looked at the beginning of Paul's, excuse me, Peter's second sermon,

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 he exalts Christ through five names given to Jesus.

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 First, his servant and then the name itself, Jesus.

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 Verse 13.

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 He calls him the holy and righteous one.

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 Verse 14.

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 The author of life.

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 Verse 15.

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 And Christ.

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 Verse 18.

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 18.

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 And all of these names are meant to draw his Jewish listeners' minds to all of the things that the Old Testament had to say about who the Messiah,

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 the anointed one of God, was to be.

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 This is what they longed for.

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 They were waiting for this Messiah.

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 And they wanted him to come and they wanted him to establish his kingdom as the Old Testament had promised.

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 They wanted him to deliver them from Roman rule, which the Old Testament had not promised.

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 They wanted another David to restore the glory of Israel.

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 And the kingdom comes in a much, much different way than they expected.

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 And they rejected Christ as the Messiah.

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 They didn't meet.

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 He didn't meet their expectations.

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 And so Peter goes on to indict the listeners.

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 Verse 13.

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 Speaking of Christ, Peter says to them,

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 Whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate when he had decided to release him.

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 Pilate was going to let him go, but you denied him in the presence of Pilate.

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 Again, verse 14.

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 But you denied the holy and righteous one.

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 Verse 15.

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 And you killed the author of life.

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 You didn't understand Jesus to be who he is.

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 And you had him put to death.

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 And then he goes on to call his listeners to repent.

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 And we just touched on that last week.

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 We ended with verse 19.

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 Repent, therefore, and turn back that your sins may be blotted out.

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 And he goes on then to expand on this call of repentance as the summary of his sermon on this day.

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 So this morning we're going to pick up at verse 19.

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 And we're going to observe together the necessity and the nature of repentance in this conclusion of Peter second sermon.

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 So I'll begin reading in verse 19.

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 But before I do, we remind you, this is God's word to us.

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 It was written for his glory and for our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 Verse 19.

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 Verse 19.

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 Repent, therefore, and turn back that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord and that he may send the Christ appointed for you.

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 Jesus, who heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.

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 Moses said, the Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers.

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 You shall listen to him and whatever he tells you.

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 And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.

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 And all the prophets who have spoken from Samuel and those who came after him also proclaimed these days.

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 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, and in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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 God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.

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 Now, as we look this morning at the necessity nature of repentance, I'll frame our study in the following ways.

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 Number one, four prompters toward repentance.

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 Four prompters toward repentance.

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 How does God work to bring about repentance in his people?

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 And secondly, four results of repentance.

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 What are the blessings that accompany repentance?

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 So four prompters, four results.

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 But before we get to those particulars, it must be said that all people everywhere are called to repent.

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 As we consider repentance this morning, as we talk about what it means and what marks it, how it is that it comes to pass.

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 You need to sit and you need to consider.

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 Have you ever repented?

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 Have you ever truly been sorrowful for your sin and turned away from it and turned to Christ?

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 Have you ever truly embraced him for the salvation of your soul?

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 And secondly, if you have, if you're found in Christ, do you need now to repent?

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 The Christian life is a life of repentance.

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 Beloved, we go on repenting, turning from sin and turning to Christ, embracing him in greater and greater degrees.

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 So have you ever and do you need now to repent?

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 God's design is that all people repent.

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 Acts 1730.

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 Paul preaches the times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.

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 The core message of Jesus is preaching revolves around three commands, just three.

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 They all revolve around these three.

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 Number one, repent of your sins.

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 We're talking about this morning.

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 Repent of your sins.

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 The second and third are love each other and your neighbor and go and make disciples.

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 We could say we could sum that up to say, repent of your sins and lovingly help others do the same.

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 Repent of your sins.

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 Love each other and your neighbor.

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 Go and make disciples.

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 This is what Jesus came and preached.

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 The very beginning of Mark's gospel, chapter one, verse 15.

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 Jesus begins his ministry by saying the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand.

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 Repent, repent and believe in the gospel.

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 But what does it mean to repent?

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 There could be many misconceptions about this.

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 Verse 19, Peter says to them, repent, therefore, and turn back.

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 The Greek word here translated repent literally means, simply means to change one's mind or purpose.

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 Repentance.

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 The repentance is a turning away from sin, recognizing the way in which it grieves the Lord, turning away from it and turning toward Christ.

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 Placing faith in his person and his work, recognizing that you need his righteousness and you need him to take the punishment of God for your sin.

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 It's weightier than just a simple intellectual decision.

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 And decisionism runs rampant in our churches these days.

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 A presentation is made to you.

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 You are pressed to a decision.

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 And I hope that the majority of those who are pushed in this way do come to faith.

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 I'm afraid that's not the case.

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 We need to repent properly in order to be saved and to repent and to not then change the way in which you live.

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 It's not repentance at all.

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 John McArthur says this.

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 I quoted it to you last week.

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 Repentance is a change of mind that results in a change in behavior.

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 And this little phrase in the beginning of verse 19, turn back, adds to that meaning.

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 Repent, therefore, and turn back.

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 Turn back to what?

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 Back to God.

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 Back to the creator.

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 Right?

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 To live in a way that pleases him.

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 Some translations render that phrase be converted.

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 And the Greek word can mean that.

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 And I've read many cases this week suggesting that that's the proper identifier for it to be converted.

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 But we know that God is the one who converts.

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 That God is the one who changes hearts.

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 That sends his spirit into the body of men in order to believe.

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 And the verb is an active verb.

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 I heard a preacher I respect deeply this week say that it's a passive verb.

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 And I thought, how fascinating.

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 If you don't know what that means, if it's active, the...

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 Excuse me, my brain just blanked out on my grammatical language.

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 Not the object.

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 The person acting.

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 Let me just say it that way.

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 The person acting in the sentence...

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 Don't yell it out at me because it'll get my brain all frazzled.

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 The person acting in the sentence...

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 If it's active, they're the one doing the action.

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 If it's passive, the action is being done to them.

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 Okay?

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 You catching that?

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 So again, pastor I deeply respect said that it's a passive verb,

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 which would mean that the activity is being done to the individual.

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 In that case, I think converted would be the proper way.

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 But it's not.

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 It's an active verb.

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 And I wrestle with that.

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 I won't bore you with the detail of it.

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 But it is, in fact, active.

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 So I think turn back is a better way to understand this.

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 And what Peter's trying to say to them is that you must repent.

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 You must show sorrow.

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 You must be apologetic for your sin.

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 And he's bounding on to that.

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 He's adding to that extra meaning to say that we have to turn to God.

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 Repentance is a change of mind that results in a change in behavior.

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 And it's illustrated beautifully in a parable that Jesus taught in Matthew chapter 21.

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 This is verses 28 through 31.

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 Jesus said,

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 A man had two sons.

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 And he went to the first and said,

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 Son, go and work in the vineyard today.

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 And he answered the son,

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 I will not.

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 But afterward,

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 he changed his mind and went.

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 And he went to the other son and said the same.

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 And he answered,

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 I go, sir,

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 but did not go.

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 Which of the two did the will of his father?

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 They said the first.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 Truly, I say to you,

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 the tax collectors and the prostitutes,

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 go into the kingdom of God before you.

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 What he's saying to them is those who recognize their sin,

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 who are not self-righteous,

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 righteous,

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 who initially say to God,

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 I will not.

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 But afterward,

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 change their mind and their behavior

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 are the ones who are accepted into the kingdom.

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 The first son not only had a change of mind,

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 but a change in action.

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 Repentance is a redirecting of one's life

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 in light of the grievous nature of their sin

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 and the goodness of God to them in Christ.

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 So the call this morning from Peter's sermon

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 is for all people everywhere to repent.

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 And there are four prompters,

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 at least four prompters toward repentance.

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 Four ways in which God works to bring about repentance.

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 The first one is knowledge of the truth.

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 Knowledge of the truth.

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 The knowledge of God's revealed truth

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 is meant to lead people to repentance.

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 It serves to that great end.

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 That truth is given to us in the Bible.

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 God's revealed truth.

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 Do you recall the story of the rich man and Lazarus?

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 The rich man is suffering in hell

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 and requests of Father Abraham

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 that Lazarus be sent to preach to his brothers.

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 Remember this story?

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 What did Jesus say?

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 Happens in the story.

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 Luke chapter 16, verses 27 to 31.

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 And he, Jesus said,

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 excuse me, not, I'm sorry.

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 The rich man said,

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 and he said,

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 then I beg you, Father,

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 to send him to my father's house.

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 For I have five brothers

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 so that he may warn them

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 lest they also come into this place of torment.

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 But Abraham said,

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 Jesus is telling the story,

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 they have Moses and the prophets.

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 He's saying if they have the scripture,

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 let them hear them.

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 And he said,

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 the rich man,

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 no, Father Abraham,

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 but if someone goes to them from the dead,

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 they will repent.

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 He said to him,

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 if they do not hear Moses and the prophets,

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 neither will they be convinced

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 if someone should rise from the dead.

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 The truth of God

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 is all that's necessary

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 to bring people to repentance.

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 Repentance, right?

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 Worked in them by the Spirit of God.

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 Peter's called to them,

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 repent, therefore,

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 and turn back, right?

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 Why?

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 The therefore, right?

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 You hear it asked.

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 What is the therefore?

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 Therefore,

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 why should they repent?

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 In light of the truth

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 that Peter has just preached to them, right?

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 He's exposed their sin.

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 He's indicted them for killing Christ.

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 For having an improper understanding

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 of the Son of God.

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 The knowledge of the truth

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 is meant to expose our sinfulness

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 in order to drive us

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 to our knees in repentance.

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 In our text,

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 Peter is calling to his listeners

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 to repent for the very first time.

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 But as I said before,

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 repentance does not cease

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 when we are saved.

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 Beloved,

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 the truth still works in us

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 to drive us to repentance.

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 The Christian life

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 is a life of repentance.

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 We continue to repent

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 because we continue to sin.

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 Someone thinks they've ceased sinning.

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 They're a liar.

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 They need to repent of that.

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 The front of your bulletin,

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 Spurgeon quote,

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 the true penitent

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 repents of sin against God,

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 and he would do so

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 even if there were no punishment.

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 When he is forgiven,

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 he repents of sin

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 more than ever,

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 for he sees more clearly than ever

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 the wickedness of offending

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 so gracious of God.

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 The idea he's presenting to us there

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 is that those of us

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 who have repented once,

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 who have believed in Christ,

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 and have seen God's gracious work

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 in our lives,

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 repent all the more

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 because we pursue holiness,

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 because we cast off sin,

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 but we pursue holiness

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 as a grateful response

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 to what he's done for us.

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 The Christian life

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 is also a life

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 of bringing about repentance

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 in others

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 by the proclamation

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 of that same truth.

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 Peter is doing so here.

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 He's been using the Scripture,

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 although he hasn't directly cited it,

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 but all of these names

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 of Christ,

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 all of these names

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 that are given to Jesus

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 draw his listeners' minds

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 to the text,

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 constantly drawing them back

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 to the Scripture

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 that they had in that day.

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 Paul says in Romans 1.16,

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 For I am not ashamed

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 of the Gospel,

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 for it is the power of God

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 for salvation

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 to everyone who believes,

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 to the Jew first,

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 and also to the Greek.

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 Right?

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 I'm not ashamed

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 of the preached message,

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 the truth of Christ.

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 And we are to share that truth.

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 Whatever may come,

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 Jesus suffered and died

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 to bring about repentance.

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 Maybe one of the great problems

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 with the church

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 in America today

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 is that we're afraid

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 of what may come

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 if we preach

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 the truth.

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 We don't want to suffer

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 like Christ.

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 I read a statistic this week

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 that the average

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 conversion ratio

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 in Southern Baptist churches

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 is 86 members

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 to one baptism

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 per year.

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 This is the average.

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 It's shameful.

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 John 13.16,

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 Jesus said,

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 Truly, truly,

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 I say to you,

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 a servant is not greater

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 than his master,

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 nor is a messenger

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 greater

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 than the one

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 who sent him.

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 At the end

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 of Peter's

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 second sermon,

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 you guys know

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 what happens

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 to these two?

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 Peter and John

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 arrested

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 and put in jail

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 overnight.

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 Last Monday evening,

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 I was helping the boys

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 get ready for bed.

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 They were in their room

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 and I'm down on my knees

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 helping Judah

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 get his pajama pants on.

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 And Judah says,

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 and it was so precious

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 when he said it

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 until I realized

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 what he meant,

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 Dad,

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 I want to be like Jesus.

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 My heart began to melt.

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 And then he said,

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 I want to be able

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 to walk on water.

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 Okay.

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 Okay,

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 so Judah's my,

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 if you don't know,

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 Judah's my

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 just-turned-four-year-old.

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 Kate is my

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 almost-six-year-old

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 going on 15.

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 And he says,

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 no, Judah,

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 you don't want

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 to be like Jesus.

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 Jesus was nailed

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 to a cross

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 for our sins.

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 to which Judah

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 kind of pensively

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 looked off

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 into the corner

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 of the room

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 and he said,

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 I kind of want

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 to be like Jesus.

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 And then he said,

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 I want to walk

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 on water.

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 And the whole thing

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 was so precious

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 and cute

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 and enjoyable

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 in the moment.

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 but then I

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 very quickly realized

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 how often

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 I act that way.

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 I kind of,

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 I kind of want

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 to be like Jesus.

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 I kind of want

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 the benefit

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 and the blessing

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 of being like Jesus

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 apart from the suffering.

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 Beloved,

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 the benefit

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 and the blessing

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 does not come

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 without the suffering.

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 those who want

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 to live godly

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 in Christ Jesus

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 will be persecuted.

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 A second prompter

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 for repentance

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 is sorrow

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 for sin.

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 Sorrow for sin.

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 God brings about

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 and uses sorrow

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 for sin

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 to lead people

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 to repentance.

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 Listen to this.

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 Paul writing

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 2 Corinthians 7

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 verses 9 and 10

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 as it is,

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 I rejoice

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 not because you

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 were grieved

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 or sorrowful,

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 but because

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 you were grieved

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 into repenting.

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 For you felt

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 a godly grief,

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 that is a

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 God-given grief,

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 so that you

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 suffered no loss

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 through us.

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 For godly grief

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 produces a repentance

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 that leads

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 to salvation

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 without regret.

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 Whereas

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 worldly grief

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 grief

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 produces

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:39.179
 death.

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 So the sea

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 is drawing

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.179
 a difference

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 here for us.

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 There's a godly grief

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 that leads

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 to repentance.

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 That's the kind

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 of sorrow

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 we want to

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 experience

00:22:46.639 --> 00:22:47.679
 for our sin.

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 Whereas

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 there's a

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:50.079
 worldly grief

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:51.619
 that produces

00:22:51.619 --> 00:22:52.659
 death.

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 It just

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:55.039
 keeps up for us

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 guilt

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 and it's never

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 solved.

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 And we have

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 to be very

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 careful,

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 friends,

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 that we don't

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:02.779
 equate sorrow

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 with repentance.

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 That you merely

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 feel bad

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:08.559
 about your sin

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 and you assume

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.700
 that that is

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.839
 repentance.

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 Godly sorrow

00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:15.000
 produces

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:16.500
 repentance.

00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:18.639
 Godly sorrow

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 drives you

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 to your knees

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 at the cross

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 of Jesus Christ.

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.519
 Godly sorrow

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.119
 that produces

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:29.220
 godly repentance

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:30.140
 turns us

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.880
 away

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 from our

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 sin.

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.680
 Have you

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 ever been

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.480
 grieved by

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:35.960
 your sin

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 only to

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:37.259
 quickly commit

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.779
 the same

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.860
 sin again?

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.779
 In quick

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.299
 succession,

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:41.799
 the same

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 thing over

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 and over

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 and over

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 and over

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:44.860
 again?

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.880
 Then you

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:47.400
 didn't repent

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:47.839
 of it to

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.519
 begin with.

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.620
 You didn't

00:23:49.620 --> 00:23:50.240
 turn away

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.740
 from it

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.539
 and turn

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:53.000
 to God.

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.200
 Now,

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.519
 I'm not

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.039
 suggesting that

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.440
 we have a

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.279
 huge list

00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.539
 of all

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.360
 possible sins

00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:57.759
 and we

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.180
 commit a

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.720
 sin and

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.140
 we repent

00:23:59.140 --> 00:23:59.400
 of it

00:23:59.400 --> 00:23:59.579
 and we

00:23:59.579 --> 00:23:59.920
 check it

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.460
 off because

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:00.759
 we're never

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:00.960
 going to

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.420
 commit that

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:02.059
 one again.

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:02.860
 Things come

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.440
 up and cycle

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:03.819
 through our

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.819
 lives to be

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.140
 sure.

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.460
 But I

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.160
 watch so

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.980
 many people

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:09.400
 just so

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:10.200
 broken over

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.740
 their sin

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.400
 only to

00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:11.759
 turn and

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.039
 do it

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.500
 again.

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.259
 Almost

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.940
 immediately

00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:14.960
 to do

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.220
 it

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:16.299
 again.

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.640
 Many of

00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:19.740
 you don't

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.240
 repent

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:21.279
 well

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.579
 or don't

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.059
 repent

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:24.460
 at all.

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:29.180
 sorrow for

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.539
 sin

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.799
 brings us

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.140
 to

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:34.420
 repentance.

00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:38.019
 We have

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.680
 this weight

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.100
 that's placed

00:24:39.100 --> 00:24:39.900
 upon us.

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:40.740
 If you

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.220
 properly

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.000
 understand

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.680
 your sin,

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.400
 this guilt

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.120
 that you

00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.740
 bear.

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:47.039
 What does

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.559
 Peter say in

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:47.980
 the last part

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.259
 of verse

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.799
 19?

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.019
 Repent,

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.299
 turn back,

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:53.980
 that your

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.379
 sins may

00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:54.759
 be blotted

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.079
 out,

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:55.839
 that they

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.099
 may be

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 erased.

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 It's the

00:24:59.319 --> 00:24:59.899
 first result

00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:00.119
 and we'll

00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:00.799
 discuss more

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.480
 of that

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.299
 momentarily.

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.460
 The third

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.960
 prompter is

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.279
 God's

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:04.759
 goodness.

00:25:07.399 --> 00:25:07.919
 God's

00:25:07.919 --> 00:25:08.700
 goodness is

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.379
 designed to

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:09.859
 lead people

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:11.099
 to repentance.

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.339
 I think

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.779
 that's caught

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.419
 up in that

00:25:13.419 --> 00:25:14.480
 therefore of

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.000
 verse 19,

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.339
 repent

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:15.859
 therefore.

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.000
 Why should

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.480
 they repent?

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.919
 Because God

00:25:18.919 --> 00:25:19.599
 is good and

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.759
 he offers to

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.460
 all people the

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.960
 opportunity

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:23.259
 to repent.

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:24.860
 You remember

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:25.200
 what Peter

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.579
 said in

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.259
 verse 17?

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:26.759
 And now

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.180
 brothers,

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:27.920
 I know

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.559
 after this

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.299
 great indictment,

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:29.600
 he said,

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.220
 I know

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.980
 that you

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.920
 acted in

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.660
 ignorance as

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.220
 did also

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:34.600
 your rulers.

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:36.059
 And in

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.460
 saying that

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:36.759
 he's not

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.220
 absolving

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.420
 them of

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:37.519
 their

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.100
 responsibility.

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.559
 Otherwise,

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:38.960
 he'd have

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.579
 no reason

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:39.840
 in verse

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.440
 19 to

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:40.779
 call them

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.240
 to repent.

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.420
 He's not

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.059
 saying you

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.579
 were ignorant.

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:44.860
 Oh,

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.200
 well,

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.799
 he's just

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:48.079
 saying you

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.360
 acted

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:49.299
 foolishly.

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:49.840
 You wouldn't

00:25:49.840 --> 00:25:50.100
 have done

00:25:50.100 --> 00:25:50.480
 the thing

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.740
 that you

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.120
 did.

00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:51.500
 If you

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.659
 had

00:25:51.659 --> 00:25:52.059
 known

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.319
 who

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.599
 Jesus

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.199
 is,

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:55.039
 he's

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.439
 offering

00:25:55.439 --> 00:25:55.639
 them

00:25:55.639 --> 00:25:55.799
 the

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.439
 possibility

00:25:56.439 --> 00:25:56.679
 of

00:25:56.679 --> 00:25:57.119
 forgiveness.

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:58.779
 Correct

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.000
 your

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.599
 understanding

00:25:59.599 --> 00:25:59.959
 about

00:25:59.959 --> 00:26:00.479
 who

00:26:00.479 --> 00:26:00.719
 Jesus

00:26:00.719 --> 00:26:01.199
 is.

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:02.319
 Ask

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:02.500
 for

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.000
 forgiveness.

00:26:03.179 --> 00:26:03.639
 Repent

00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:04.819
 of putting

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.799
 the author

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.359
 of life

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:07.679
 to death.

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:09.180
 Paul

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.200
 Paul

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.640
 rebukes

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:09.960
 Israel

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.160
 for

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.440
 missing

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:10.940
 this

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.539
 point

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:11.759
 in

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.019
 Romans

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.259
 2

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.660
 4

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.640
 says,

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:13.900
 Or do

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.120
 you

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.799
 presume

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.120
 on the

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.380
 riches

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:15.840
 of his

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.340
 kindness

00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:16.860
 and

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:17.700
 forbearance

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.840
 and patience

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:20.039
 not knowing

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:21.160
 that God's

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.600
 kindness

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:22.380
 is meant

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:23.299
 to lead

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:23.620
 you

00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:24.259
 to

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.720
 repentance?

00:26:26.840 --> 00:26:27.580
 We need

00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:27.700
 to be

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.140
 very aware

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.420
 of our

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.660
 sin.

00:26:28.900 --> 00:26:29.100
 We need

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:29.259
 to help

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.620
 others

00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:29.860
 become

00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:30.259
 very aware

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:30.620
 of their

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:30.980
 sin.

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.400
 And at

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:31.820
 the same

00:26:31.820 --> 00:26:32.460
 time,

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.340
 we need

00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:33.660
 to remember

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.140
 the goodness

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:34.960
 of God

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.539
 to us

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.660
 in Christ.

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.700
 Fourthly,

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.259
 fourth

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:40.740
 prompter,

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:44.240
 final

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.700
 judgment.

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.539
 The

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.059
 promise

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.720
 of final

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.180
 judgment

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:49.579
 should

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.000
 lead

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.579
 people

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.039
 to

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:52.880
 repentance.

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.500
 If the

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:54.680
 other

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.000
 prompters

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.360
 have yet

00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:55.779
 to work,

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.380
 then the

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:56.660
 promise

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.200
 of eternal

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.900
 destruction

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.620
 needs

00:26:58.620 --> 00:26:59.340
 to speak

00:26:59.340 --> 00:27:00.340
 to you.

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.019
 There's

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.460
 a real

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:01.960
 place

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.559
 called

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:02.900
 hell,

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.620
 and it

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.259
 will be

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.360
 horrible.

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.660
 Verse

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.319
 22 and

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:08.720
 23,

00:27:08.860 --> 00:27:09.299
 Moses said,

00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:09.579
 The Lord

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:09.900
 God will

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.180
 raise up

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:10.340
 for you

00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:10.720
 a prophet

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.259
 like me

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.039
 from your

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.380
 brothers.

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:13.640
 You

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:13.840
 shall

00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:14.279
 listen to

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.400
 him

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:14.660
 in whatever

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.100
 he tells

00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:15.319
 you,

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.660
 and it

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.120
 shall be

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:17.140
 that every

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:17.819
 soul

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:18.319
 who does

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.059
 not listen

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:20.259
 to Christ

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.940
 shall be

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.600
 destroyed

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:23.600
 from the

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:23.940
 people.

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.480
 Will die

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.700
 forever.

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:28.400
 Jesus

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:29.440
 will return

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:29.740
 and he

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.980
 will judge

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.680
 with

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:33.000
 finality

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.740
 and we

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.980
 need to

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.220
 preach

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.660
 about it.

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:36.860
 It's not

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.220
 a popular

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:38.060
 thing to

00:27:38.060 --> 00:27:38.519
 preach about

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.600
 these days.

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.960
 We must

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:42.019
 warn people

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.400
 of the

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:42.860
 impending

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:43.779
 danger.

00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:44.900
 It's

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.380
 coming.

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:46.160
 It's

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.920
 sure

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.360
 that it

00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:47.680
 will be

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:47.860
 here.

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.060
 There's

00:27:48.060 --> 00:27:48.880
 a promise

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:50.340
 of final

00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:51.400
 judgment.

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.420
 People

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:53.799
 need to be

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.360
 aware of

00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.180
 it in

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.620
 order to

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:56.400
 flee from

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:57.400
 it to

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:57.940
 Christ

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:59.059
 for their

00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.580
 salvation.

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.059
 I

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.400
 previously

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.740
 read to

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:01.860
 you

00:28:01.860 --> 00:28:02.160
 Acts

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.620
 17

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.039
 30.

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.340
 Paul's

00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:05.740
 preaching

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.460
 the times

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:06.940
 of ignorance

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.240
 God

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.580
 overlooked,

00:28:07.580 --> 00:28:08.039
 but now

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.600
 he commands

00:28:08.600 --> 00:28:09.360
 all people

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:09.860
 everywhere

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:10.340
 to

00:28:10.340 --> 00:28:11.559
 repent.

00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:13.860
 Hear what

00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.340
 Paul goes

00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:14.860
 on to say

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.140
 in verse

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:15.559
 31,

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:18.639
 because God

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:19.259
 has fixed

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:20.000
 a day on

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.279
 which he

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.919
 will judge

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:21.559
 the world

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.399
 in righteousness

00:28:22.399 --> 00:28:23.379
 by a man

00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:23.759
 whom he

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.319
 has appointed

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.559
 and of

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.379
 this he

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:26.740
 has given

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.519
 assurance to

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:29.279
 all by

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:30.019
 raising him

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.539
 from the

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:30.839
 dead.

00:28:32.659 --> 00:28:33.259
 God's

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.480
 overlooked

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:33.879
 times of

00:28:33.879 --> 00:28:34.179
 ignorance.

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.399
 He's

00:28:35.399 --> 00:28:35.700
 freely

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.200
 offering

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:36.720
 repentance.

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.500
 He's

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.279
 commanding

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.819
 it that we

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.379
 would repent

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:40.079
 because

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.779
 judgment

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.679
 is coming.

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.460
 It's coming

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.480
 in Christ.

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:43.980
 Christ will

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.240
 be the

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.519
 righteous

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.399
 judge and

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:45.720
 he's given

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.280
 his assurance

00:28:46.280 --> 00:28:46.780
 of this

00:28:46.780 --> 00:28:47.519
 by raising

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:47.800
 him

00:28:47.800 --> 00:28:48.900
 from the

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.200
 dead.

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.519
 The day

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.160
 will come

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:52.140
 when repentance

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:53.360
 will no longer

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:54.000
 be an option.

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.080
 Repent.

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:57.580
 Repent.

00:28:58.340 --> 00:28:58.860
 So those

00:28:58.860 --> 00:28:59.600
 are at least

00:28:59.600 --> 00:29:00.360
 four prompters

00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:01.100
 that God

00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.720
 uses to bring

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.320
 about repentance

00:29:02.320 --> 00:29:03.440
 in his people.

00:29:05.080 --> 00:29:05.560
 Next,

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.300
 four results

00:29:06.300 --> 00:29:06.940
 of repentance.

00:29:08.300 --> 00:29:08.900
 I'm going to

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.280
 speed up,

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:09.519
 so if you're

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.920
 taking notes,

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:11.259
 try to keep

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.640
 with me.

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.080
 Number one,

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.740
 sins

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.359
 erased.

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:18.000
 Still looking

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.259
 at verse

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.720
 19,

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.420
 that your

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:20.359
 sins may

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.539
 be blotted

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.940
 out,

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.339
 blotted

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.640
 out,

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:24.279
 erased.

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:24.980
 There is

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.759
 no longer

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.440
 a record

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:26.880
 of the

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.900
 wrong you

00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:28.420
 committed

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.339
 against

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:30.180
 God.

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:30.859
 It's been

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.519
 stricken

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:33.140
 from the

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:33.420
 record.

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:33.960
 Godly

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.400
 repentance

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:35.559
 accomplishes

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:35.799
 this.

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.240
 The book

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.720
 of Revelation

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.900
 speaks of

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.980
 the wrath

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.380
 of God

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:40.120
 being stored

00:29:40.120 --> 00:29:40.500
 up for

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:40.980
 those who

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.440
 don't place

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:41.740
 believing

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.160
 faith in

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:42.799
 him and

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.360
 that all

00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:43.680
 of the

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.080
 wrong

00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:44.500
 things,

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.180
 all of

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:45.720
 the sins

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.180
 that they

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.620
 have committed

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:47.160
 have been

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:48.160
 recorded in

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.720
 books.

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.620
 But not

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:51.820
 us,

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.080
 beloved.

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:53.860
 If we've

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:54.440
 placed faith

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.080
 in Christ,

00:29:55.320 --> 00:29:55.980
 it's been

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.460
 erased.

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.799
 Those things

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.080
 have been

00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:59.059
 taken out

00:29:59.059 --> 00:30:00.080
 of those

00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:00.460
 books.

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:00.940
 We'll stand

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.640
 before him

00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:02.360
 in the

00:30:02.360 --> 00:30:02.740
 righteousness

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:04.279
 of Jesus,

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.420
 whole and

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:06.240
 perfect

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.380
 before him.

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:08.620
 it's a

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.060
 precious

00:30:09.060 --> 00:30:10.560
 thing to

00:30:10.560 --> 00:30:11.060
 consider

00:30:11.060 --> 00:30:11.800
 that our

00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:12.640
 sins are

00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.920
 erased.

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.180
 God says

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.560
 in Isaiah

00:30:15.560 --> 00:30:16.460
 43-25,

00:30:16.780 --> 00:30:17.740
 I am

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.340
 he who

00:30:18.340 --> 00:30:18.980
 blots out

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.160
 your

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.960
 transgressions

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.620
 for my

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:21.280
 own sake

00:30:21.280 --> 00:30:21.840
 and I

00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:22.380
 will not

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:23.220
 remember

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:24.360
 your sins.

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.060
 And later

00:30:25.060 --> 00:30:25.440
 in Isaiah

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.600
 44-22,

00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:27.160
 I have

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.940
 blotted out

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.120
 your

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:28.960
 transgressions

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.640
 like a

00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:30.320
 cloud and

00:30:30.320 --> 00:30:31.000
 your sins

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:32.000
 like mist.

00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.520
 I take that

00:30:32.520 --> 00:30:32.820
 to mean

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.120
 that it was

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:33.640
 easy for

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:33.900
 him to

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.120
 do.

00:30:34.280 --> 00:30:34.720
 He was

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.140
 able to

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:36.020
 cast it

00:30:36.020 --> 00:30:36.360
 away,

00:30:36.760 --> 00:30:37.220
 return

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.720
 to me

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.660
 for I

00:30:38.660 --> 00:30:39.420
 have

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.400
 redeemed

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:40.680
 you.

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.279
 In this

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.600
 day,

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.079
 the writing

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.539
 was done

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.759
 on papyrus.

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.380
 Ink was

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:46.980
 incredibly

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.980
 fragile.

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.360
 I'll

00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:48.860
 bear you

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.180
 the boring

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.839
 details of

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.019
 that,

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.259
 but it was

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.700
 very easy

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.180
 to wet

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.600
 something

00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:52.559
 and wipe

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:52.920
 out.

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:53.860
 This idea

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.160
 of things

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:55.160
 being blotted

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:56.700
 out is a

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.460
 precious thing

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.860
 for them

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:59.160
 to understand.

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.519
 Paul writes

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.039
 in Colossians

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.660
 chapter 2,

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.220
 verse 13

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.779
 and 14,

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.700
 and you

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.480
 who were

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:04.920
 dead in

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.039
 your

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.759
 trespasses

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.259
 and the

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.980
 uncircumcision

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.279
 of your

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.640
 flesh,

00:31:08.120 --> 00:31:08.759
 God made

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.360
 alive

00:31:09.360 --> 00:31:09.720
 together

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.240
 with him,

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:10.839
 having

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.319
 forgiven

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:12.460
 us all

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.079
 our

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:14.099
 trespasses

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:15.620
 by

00:31:15.620 --> 00:31:17.460
 canceling

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:18.299
 the record

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:19.759
 of debt.

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.279
 That same

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.759
 language,

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.299
 canceling,

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:21.940
 blotting out

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.480
 the record

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.839
 of debt

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.360
 that stood

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:24.500
 against us

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.220
 with its

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:26.400
 legal demands.

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.440
 This he

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:28.240
 set aside,

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.480
 nailing it

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.360
 to the

00:31:30.360 --> 00:31:30.759
 cross.

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:33.079
 Beloved,

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:34.079
 it's this

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:35.579
 result of

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.039
 repentance,

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:36.939
 true,

00:31:37.179 --> 00:31:37.740
 God-given

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.399
 repentance,

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.220
 that gives

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.619
 us such

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.139
 motivation

00:31:40.139 --> 00:31:40.699
 to repent

00:31:40.699 --> 00:31:41.179
 again,

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.439
 to know

00:31:42.439 --> 00:31:42.740
 that we

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.339
 are complete

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:44.359
 in Christ,

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:44.939
 that we

00:31:44.939 --> 00:31:46.000
 don't now

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:47.379
 work for

00:31:47.379 --> 00:31:47.839
 perfection.

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.859
 We have

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.879
 Christ's

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.279
 perfection.

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.339
 Our

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:51.799
 obedience

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.299
 is a

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:53.039
 response

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:54.179
 to

00:31:54.179 --> 00:31:55.339
 that

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:55.839
 perfection

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.399
 granted

00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:57.779
 to us.

00:31:59.319 --> 00:31:59.740
 Some of you

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.059
 just need to

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:00.379
 let that

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:01.019
 sink.

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:02.839
 You're

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.439
 forgiven

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:05.240
 in Christ.

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.660
 Stop

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:07.500
 acting

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.019
 like you're

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.559
 not.

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.320
 Stop

00:32:10.320 --> 00:32:10.960
 acting as

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.299
 if he

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.600
 needs to

00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:12.180
 get back

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.480
 up on

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.080
 the cross

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:13.920
 and die

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.680
 for today's

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:15.140
 sins.

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.720
 His work

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.580
 was complete.

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.180
 If you

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.960
 believed in

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.240
 him,

00:32:19.320 --> 00:32:20.400
 he already

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.259
 bore

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.019
 the wrath

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.600
 of God

00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:23.779
 for anything

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.420
 you have

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:25.000
 done and

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:26.279
 will ever

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.740
 do.

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.580
 It doesn't

00:32:28.580 --> 00:32:28.940
 become a

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:29.519
 license for

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:29.840
 us to

00:32:29.840 --> 00:32:30.140
 sin.

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:32.500
 If you

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.040
 think that's

00:32:33.040 --> 00:32:33.540
 the case,

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.060
 oh, I'm

00:32:34.060 --> 00:32:34.480
 forgiven in

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.880
 Christ,

00:32:35.020 --> 00:32:35.460
 then you're

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.759
 not a

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.080
 Christian.

00:32:37.080 --> 00:32:37.520
 You haven't

00:32:37.520 --> 00:32:38.340
 understood your

00:32:38.340 --> 00:32:38.900
 sin and the

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.360
 great offense

00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:39.960
 that it is.

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:41.000
 You haven't

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.840
 really understood

00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:43.140
 and appreciated

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:44.020
 the sacrifice

00:32:44.020 --> 00:32:44.560
 that he made

00:32:44.560 --> 00:32:45.100
 on your

00:32:45.100 --> 00:32:45.759
 behalf and

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.200
 all of the

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.660
 blessings that

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:46.940
 he's poured

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.520
 out on you.

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.300
 If you

00:32:48.300 --> 00:32:49.220
 understand that,

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.220
 you respond

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.680
 in obedience.

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.420
 Our failure

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:53.000
 even to

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.440
 respond in

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:54.280
 obedience in

00:32:54.280 --> 00:32:55.020
 the day-to-day,

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:56.320
 in the moment-by-moment

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:57.060
 is because we

00:32:57.060 --> 00:32:58.180
 so readily

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:59.520
 forget the

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.180
 truth of

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.740
 how good

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.240
 God has

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.500
 been to

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.180
 us in

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:02.500
 Christ.

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.720
 We fail

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.240
 to believe

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:05.019
 that reality

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.539
 and it's

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:05.879
 out of that

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.180
 that we're

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:07.099
 responding in

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.720
 our flesh.

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:09.940
 And our

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.500
 new self

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:10.799
 has been

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.379
 delivered,

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.319
 has been

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.680
 given

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:16.420
 freedom from

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.819
 our sin.

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.319
 Paul writes

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:19.019
 in Romans 8.1,

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.660
 there's therefore

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:21.440
 now no

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.859
 condemnation

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:24.099
 for those

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.539
 who are in

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.359
 Christ Jesus.

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:25.940
 What a

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:27.240
 precious result

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:28.059
 of repentance.

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:28.660
 Our sins

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.519
 are blotted

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.800
 out.

00:33:30.120 --> 00:33:30.340
 Secondly,

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.519
 the coming

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.800
 of the

00:33:32.800 --> 00:33:32.980
 kingdom

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.380
 of God.

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.960
 The coming

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.480
 of the

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:36.700
 kingdom

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.120
 of God.

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:37.840
 Peter says,

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.960
 repent therefore

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.680
 and turn

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.259
 again,

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.580
 verse 20,

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.500
 that times

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:43.160
 of refreshing

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:43.840
 may come

00:33:43.840 --> 00:33:44.160
 from the

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:44.640
 presence of

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.019
 the Lord

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.880
 and that

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:46.120
 he may

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:46.480
 send the

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:46.800
 Christ

00:33:46.800 --> 00:33:47.160
 appointed

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:47.620
 for you

00:33:47.620 --> 00:33:47.960
 Jesus

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.259
 whom

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.560
 heaven

00:33:48.560 --> 00:33:48.759
 must

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.200
 receive

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:49.920
 until

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.519
 a time

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:50.960
 for

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.560
 restoring

00:33:51.560 --> 00:33:52.580
 all

00:33:52.580 --> 00:33:53.080
 the

00:33:53.080 --> 00:33:53.500
 things.

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:54.820
 The

00:33:54.820 --> 00:33:55.080
 kingdom

00:33:55.080 --> 00:33:55.580
 of God

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:56.019
 was

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.899
 inaugurated

00:33:56.899 --> 00:33:57.859
 began

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.399
 by the

00:33:58.399 --> 00:33:58.799
 life,

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.259
 death,

00:33:59.500 --> 00:33:59.919
 resurrection

00:33:59.919 --> 00:34:00.619
 and ascension

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:01.279
 of Jesus

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.740
 Christ.

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.759
 Christ

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.740
 came to

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.059
 earth

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.659
 as a

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:04.939
 baby,

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.379
 took on

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:05.619
 human

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:05.980
 form.

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.159
 The

00:34:06.159 --> 00:34:06.379
 kingdom

00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:06.899
 of God

00:34:06.899 --> 00:34:07.659
 was set

00:34:07.659 --> 00:34:07.879
 into

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.259
 motion

00:34:08.259 --> 00:34:08.860
 here.

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.159
 The

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.420
 kingdom

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:10.980
 of God

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.599
 will be

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.480
 consummated

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.299
 by Jesus

00:34:13.299 --> 00:34:14.159
 Christ's

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.519
 return.

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:15.920
 There's

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:17.000
 elements,

00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:17.819
 aspects of

00:34:17.819 --> 00:34:18.219
 the kingdom

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.599
 that are

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.380
 now and

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.980
 aspects that

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.340
 are not

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.659
 yet.

00:34:20.779 --> 00:34:21.139
 We live

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.619
 between

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.420
 those

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.099
 two

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.799
 times.

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:25.320
 And

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.680
 with

00:34:25.680 --> 00:34:25.940
 this

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.280
 text,

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:26.660
 at this

00:34:26.660 --> 00:34:27.039
 point,

00:34:27.160 --> 00:34:27.760
 a great

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.640
 eschatological

00:34:28.640 --> 00:34:29.060
 debate,

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.920
 eschatology

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.180
 is a

00:34:30.180 --> 00:34:30.519
 study of

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.060
 end times,

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.680
 could

00:34:32.680 --> 00:34:33.160
 ensue.

00:34:33.600 --> 00:34:34.080
 But I'm

00:34:34.080 --> 00:34:34.400
 just going

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:34.800
 to avoid

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:35.340
 it this

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:36.240
 morning for

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:36.760
 two reasons.

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.019
 Many

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.660
 suggest that

00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:41.280
 here,

00:34:41.560 --> 00:34:41.840
 Peter's

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.220
 specifically

00:34:42.220 --> 00:34:43.000
 referring to

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.420
 the

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.780
 millennial

00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:44.660
 reign of

00:34:44.660 --> 00:34:45.080
 Christ.

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.560
 I'm not

00:34:46.560 --> 00:34:47.300
 exactly sure

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:47.960
 what to

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.440
 think of

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.700
 the meaning

00:34:48.700 --> 00:34:48.980
 of verses

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.400
 20 to

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:49.840
 21,

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.440
 and I

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:50.940
 also haven't

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.680
 quite settled

00:34:51.680 --> 00:34:52.260
 in on my

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:52.920
 eschatological

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.740
 view.

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:54.960
 When is

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.060
 the

00:34:55.060 --> 00:34:55.380
 millennial

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:56.620
 reign of

00:34:56.620 --> 00:34:57.000
 Christ?

00:34:57.700 --> 00:34:58.440
 I think

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:59.019
 it's now.

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:01.440
 Many in

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:03.120
 our vein

00:35:03.120 --> 00:35:03.740
 of

00:35:03.740 --> 00:35:04.380
 Christianity

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.620
 think it's

00:35:05.620 --> 00:35:06.760
 not happened

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:06.980
 yet.

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.220
 It's a

00:35:07.220 --> 00:35:07.500
 thing that

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.400
 will come.

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.440
 But I'm

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.980
 not positive.

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:12.460
 I've poured

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.960
 the concrete

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.220
 and I'm

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:13.740
 standing in

00:35:13.740 --> 00:35:13.900
 it, but

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.080
 it just

00:35:14.080 --> 00:35:14.620
 hasn't set

00:35:14.620 --> 00:35:15.039
 up yet.

00:35:15.220 --> 00:35:16.260
 I can

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:16.600
 always jump

00:35:16.600 --> 00:35:16.980
 back out

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.160
 of it

00:35:17.160 --> 00:35:17.420
 again.

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.140
 I'm not

00:35:18.140 --> 00:35:18.880
 standing

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.660
 firm as

00:35:19.660 --> 00:35:20.880
 an

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.940
 amillennialist.

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.039
 I'm just

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.480
 not exactly

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:23.760
 sure.

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.280
 And

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:25.620
 secondly,

00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.600
 I don't

00:35:26.600 --> 00:35:26.960
 really think

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.200
 it's the

00:35:27.200 --> 00:35:27.440
 pressing

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.820
 matter of

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.260
 the text.

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.560
 I think

00:35:29.560 --> 00:35:29.820
 it's the

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.400
 main point.

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:30.660
 I don't

00:35:30.660 --> 00:35:31.000
 think it's

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.539
 really what

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:31.940
 Peter is

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.539
 trying to

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.539
 drive at.

00:35:33.600 --> 00:35:33.780
 And I

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.460
 could be

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:34.760
 wrong,

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:35.420
 depending on

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.980
 your

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.600
 eschatological

00:35:36.600 --> 00:35:36.940
 view.

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.820
 You just

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.060
 have to

00:35:38.060 --> 00:35:38.539
 forgive me

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.160
 for that.

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.340
 What I am

00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:40.780
 sure of,

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:40.980
 what I'm

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:41.840
 confident of,

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.700
 is that there

00:35:42.700 --> 00:35:43.200
 are present

00:35:43.200 --> 00:35:43.840
 day implications

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.440
 of the

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:44.660
 kingdom.

00:35:45.720 --> 00:35:46.440
 I'm positive

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.880
 with that.

00:35:47.080 --> 00:35:48.039
 There's a

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.920
 now element

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.519
 to the

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.720
 kingdom of

00:35:50.720 --> 00:35:51.039
 God.

00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:51.480
 And we

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:51.720
 can be

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:52.059
 sure that

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.460
 Peter is

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:53.059
 saying that

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.559
 we should

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:54.139
 repent so

00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:54.740
 that refreshing

00:35:54.740 --> 00:35:55.380
 will come.

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.599
 The burden

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:56.920
 of your

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.440
 sin will be

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.800
 lifted from

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.400
 your back.

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:01.079
 I know that

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:01.940
 many people in

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:02.380
 here like to

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:03.500
 go backpacking

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.440
 and probably

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.680
 in your first

00:36:05.680 --> 00:36:06.180
 time out

00:36:06.180 --> 00:36:06.720
 backpacking,

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:07.159
 you packed

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:07.940
 way too

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:08.380
 much.

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.380
 I know my

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.920
 first backpack

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.619
 was much,

00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:11.360
 much larger

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:11.840
 than it needed

00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.400
 to be and so

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:13.180
 I filled it.

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.639
 Why not?

00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:14.859
 You could

00:36:14.859 --> 00:36:15.139
 take as

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.400
 much as

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.679
 you wanted

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.219
 to with

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:16.400
 you.

00:36:17.319 --> 00:36:17.779
 Do you

00:36:17.779 --> 00:36:18.480
 remember those

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:19.019
 times when

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.619
 you get

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.579
 into camp

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:20.940
 for the

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.460
 evening and

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.219
 you've been

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:24.119
 sludging along

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:25.019
 all day and

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.799
 you drop that

00:36:25.799 --> 00:36:28.559
 40, 50, 60

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:30.059
 pounds off of

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.500
 your back and

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:30.739
 you've been

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:31.839
 going hard all

00:36:31.839 --> 00:36:32.319
 day and you

00:36:32.319 --> 00:36:32.779
 feel like you

00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:33.719
 can fly?

00:36:34.339 --> 00:36:34.799
 You drop that

00:36:34.799 --> 00:36:35.980
 weight off?

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:36.639
 Just the

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:38.119
 relief that

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.579
 that is?

00:36:39.699 --> 00:36:40.339
 My mind

00:36:40.339 --> 00:36:41.039
 goes to the

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.579
 story of

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:42.920
 Pilgrim

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.619
 Christian and

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.019
 Pilgrim's

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.420
 Progress.

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.099
 You've not

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:45.639
 read that.

00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:46.179
 You need to

00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:46.460
 read it.

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:46.900
 He's got this

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.539
 burden that's

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.239
 been lashed on

00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:48.799
 his back and

00:36:48.799 --> 00:36:49.079
 that's the

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.339
 weight of

00:36:49.339 --> 00:36:49.779
 his sin.

00:36:50.759 --> 00:36:51.679
 He comes to

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:52.339
 the cross and

00:36:52.339 --> 00:36:53.199
 it falls away,

00:36:53.359 --> 00:36:53.980
 falls off his

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.639
 back and he's

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:56.299
 so joyous.

00:36:56.359 --> 00:36:56.559
 There's a

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.420
 refreshing that

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:58.900
 comes by having

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.539
 the burden of

00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:00.859
 our sins lifted

00:37:00.859 --> 00:37:01.940
 from us in

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.339
 repentance.

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.379
 Repent so that

00:37:04.379 --> 00:37:04.920
 you have the

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:06.159
 presence of the

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:07.440
 Lord with you.

00:37:08.139 --> 00:37:08.539
 Repent that

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.319
 one day you

00:37:09.319 --> 00:37:10.219
 will have Christ

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:11.739
 in full measure

00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:13.000
 at his return.

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:13.400
 These are

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:14.920
 real things

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.340
 and present

00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:15.760
 things and

00:37:15.760 --> 00:37:16.840
 future things

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:18.039
 that drive us

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.900
 to repentance.

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:20.000
 It's a result

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:21.119
 of our

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.440
 repentance.

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.260
 Third,

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:26.940
 result of

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.440
 repentance,

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:29.059
 deliverance

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:30.639
 from destruction.

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.760
 Deliverance from

00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:33.119
 destruction.

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.680
 We have the

00:37:33.680 --> 00:37:34.519
 promise of

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.099
 final judgment

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.740
 drives us to

00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:36.039
 repentance.

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.099
 prophets.

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:36.759
 We're delivered

00:37:36.759 --> 00:37:37.320
 from that

00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:39.820
 final judgment

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:40.340
 and the

00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:40.900
 destruction that

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:41.400
 follows.

00:37:41.759 --> 00:37:42.719
 Peter begins to

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.219
 use the Old

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:44.000
 Testament prophets

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:45.119
 to speak to

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:46.300
 the minds of

00:37:46.300 --> 00:37:46.880
 his Jewish

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:47.759
 audience.

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:48.360
 We had got to

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:48.639
 do a little

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.460
 studying at this

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:50.000
 point, but they

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.360
 had it.

00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:51.239
 It was readily

00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:51.900
 running around

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.800
 inside their

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.199
 minds.

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:54.000
 The last part of

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.659
 verse 21,

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:56.019
 about which God

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.880
 spoke by the

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:58.079
 mouth of his

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:59.139
 holy prophets

00:37:59.139 --> 00:38:00.579
 long ago.

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:01.219
 And he starts

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:02.119
 by using their

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:03.259
 very earliest

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:04.059
 and most

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:05.420
 revered prophet

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:06.639
 to do so.

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:08.159
 Verses 22

00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:09.239
 and 23.

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:10.699
 Moses said,

00:38:10.799 --> 00:38:11.380
 The Lord God

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:11.840
 will raise up

00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:12.460
 for you a

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:13.739
 prophet like

00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:14.920
 me from your

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:15.259
 brothers.

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:15.699
 You shall

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:16.380
 listen to him

00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:17.360
 in whatever he

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:17.900
 tells you.

00:38:18.319 --> 00:38:18.679
 And it shall

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.900
 be that every

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.480
 soul who does

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:21.059
 not listen to

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.500
 that prophet

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:21.880
 shall be

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:23.000
 destroyed from

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.400
 the people.

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.539
 Peter quotes

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:25.139
 Moses from

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.659
 Deuteronomy

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:27.299
 1815 and

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:29.840
 1819 here.

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:30.460
 And it's

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.980
 phrased,

00:38:31.240 --> 00:38:31.599
 A prophet

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.260
 like me,

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.000
 God will

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.539
 raise up

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:34.340
 for you a

00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:35.199
 prophet like

00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:35.659
 me,

00:38:35.780 --> 00:38:36.539
 was understood

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.519
 in this time

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:37.920
 by the Jews,

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.720
 rightly so,

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.800
 to be the

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:40.179
 Messiah.

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:41.500
 They knew

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:42.039
 exactly who

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:42.380
 Peter was

00:38:42.380 --> 00:38:43.159
 talking about

00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:44.000
 when he

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:45.539
 quotes Moses

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:46.320
 from Deuteronomy

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:47.460
 chapter 18.

00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:48.519
 This one that

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:49.240
 you killed is

00:38:49.240 --> 00:38:49.980
 the one that

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:51.019
 Moses was

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.539
 speaking about.

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:51.940
 If you don't

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.320
 listen to him,

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:52.880
 if you don't

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:53.300
 repent,

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:54.320
 then destruction

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:55.300
 is certainly

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:56.179
 yours.

00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:56.659
 But if you

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:57.039
 do,

00:38:57.780 --> 00:38:58.639
 if you do

00:38:58.639 --> 00:38:59.539
 call or

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.019
 respond to

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:00.400
 the call

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:01.119
 of repentance,

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:02.199
 you'll be

00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:03.239
 delivered from

00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:04.619
 that destruction.

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:06.619
 And then

00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:06.940
 lastly,

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:10.320
 blessing will

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:10.900
 be realized.

00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:12.380
 Verses 24

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:12.960
 to 26.

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:13.420
 And all the

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:13.759
 prophets,

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.320
 the rest of

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:14.480
 them,

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:14.960
 all the rest

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.099
 of the

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:15.559
 prophets from

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:16.079
 Samuel,

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:18.019
 the prophet

00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:18.599
 who followed

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.300
 Moses and

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:20.400
 those who

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.800
 came after

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:20.940
 him,

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.460
 all of them

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:22.340
 also proclaimed

00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:23.440
 these days.

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:25.420
 you are the

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:25.760
 sons of

00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:26.220
 the prophet

00:39:26.220 --> 00:39:27.300
 and of

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:27.760
 the covenant

00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:28.139
 that God

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:28.579
 made with

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:29.139
 your fathers

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.940
 saying to

00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:30.420
 Abraham,

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:31.340
 and in

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:32.099
 your offspring

00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:32.860
 shall all

00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:33.820
 the families

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:34.840
 of the earth

00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:35.539
 be blessed.

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:36.880
 God,

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.500
 having raised

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:37.840
 up his

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.119
 servant,

00:39:38.300 --> 00:39:38.780
 sent him

00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:39.179
 to you

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:39.920
 first to

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.579
 bless you

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:41.280
 by turning

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:41.960
 every one

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:42.260
 of you

00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:43.000
 from your

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.619
 wickedness.

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:45.119
 I believe

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:45.420
 what he's

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:46.780
 saying is

00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:46.980
 that the

00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:47.500
 gospel has

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:48.579
 come first

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:48.920
 to the

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.740
 Jews in

00:39:49.740 --> 00:39:50.320
 order that

00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:50.840
 the Jews

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:51.079
 and their

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:51.519
 believing

00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:52.259
 and their

00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:52.940
 going to

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.259
 the ends

00:39:53.259 --> 00:39:53.519
 of the

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:53.860
 earth

00:39:53.860 --> 00:39:54.759
 will carry

00:39:54.759 --> 00:39:55.340
 the gospel

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:56.400
 forth.

00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:57.860
 The fulfillment

00:39:57.860 --> 00:39:58.239
 of this

00:39:58.239 --> 00:39:59.519
 promise to

00:39:59.519 --> 00:39:59.880
 Abraham

00:39:59.880 --> 00:40:00.340
 and in

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:00.940
 your offspring

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:01.380
 shall all

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:01.780
 the families

00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:02.380
 of the

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:02.619
 earth

00:40:02.619 --> 00:40:03.300
 be blessed.

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:03.599
 We know

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:04.000
 that that's

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.360
 fulfilled

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:06.199
 in Christ.

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:07.699
 We have

00:40:07.699 --> 00:40:07.980
 in Luke

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.739
 chapter 24

00:40:08.739 --> 00:40:09.579
 verses 45

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:10.159
 to 47

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:10.759
 a record

00:40:10.759 --> 00:40:11.619
 of Jesus

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:12.259
 amongst the

00:40:12.259 --> 00:40:12.659
 disciples

00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:13.780
 after his

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:14.300
 resurrection.

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:14.840
 He says,

00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:15.860
 it's recorded

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.259
 this way,

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:16.800
 then he opened

00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:17.300
 their minds

00:40:17.300 --> 00:40:17.820
 to understand

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:18.259
 the scriptures

00:40:18.259 --> 00:40:18.719
 and said

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:19.219
 to them,

00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:20.259
 thus it is

00:40:20.259 --> 00:40:21.059
 written that

00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:21.500
 the Christ

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:22.260
 should suffer

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:23.099
 and on the

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:23.480
 third day

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:23.960
 rise from

00:40:23.960 --> 00:40:24.360
 the dead

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:24.880
 and that

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:25.380
 repentance

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:26.679
 and forgiveness

00:40:26.679 --> 00:40:27.480
 of sins

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:28.119
 should be

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:28.659
 proclaimed

00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:29.340
 in his

00:40:29.340 --> 00:40:29.760
 name

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:30.639
 to all

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:31.280
 nations

00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:33.300
 beginning

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:34.820
 from Jerusalem.

00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:36.400
 And that's

00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:36.960
 what we see

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:38.500
 happening here.

00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:39.820
 This blessing

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:41.440
 being realized

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:42.280
 in the formation

00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:43.380
 of the early

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:43.940
 church.

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:45.360
 The blessing

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:46.000
 is realized

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.820
 in Jerusalem

00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:48.099
 first.

00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:48.699
 In chapter 4

00:40:48.699 --> 00:40:49.159
 verse 4

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:49.679
 we see that

00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:51.259
 5,000 men

00:40:51.259 --> 00:40:51.719
 believe,

00:40:51.839 --> 00:40:52.379
 respond to

00:40:52.379 --> 00:40:53.000
 the gospel

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:53.899
 call of

00:40:53.899 --> 00:40:54.239
 Peter.

00:40:54.779 --> 00:40:55.899
 It's presumed

00:40:55.899 --> 00:40:56.159
 when it's

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:56.679
 recorded that

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:57.259
 it's 5,000

00:40:57.259 --> 00:40:57.579
 men,

00:40:57.639 --> 00:40:57.859
 that there are

00:40:57.859 --> 00:40:58.519
 also women

00:40:58.519 --> 00:40:59.519
 and children

00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:00.099
 present who

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:01.819
 also believe.

00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:02.659
 So a massive

00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:03.199
 number of

00:41:03.199 --> 00:41:04.319
 people respond

00:41:04.319 --> 00:41:05.539
 in faith to

00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:06.419
 Peter's second

00:41:06.419 --> 00:41:06.859
 sermon.

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.699
 And very

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:08.759
 soon the

00:41:08.759 --> 00:41:10.239
 expansive work

00:41:10.239 --> 00:41:10.919
 of the gospel

00:41:10.919 --> 00:41:12.179
 will begin.

00:41:12.839 --> 00:41:13.559
 Persecution

00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:14.819
 comes and they

00:41:14.819 --> 00:41:15.839
 are scattered.

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:16.559
 Right?

00:41:16.899 --> 00:41:17.839
 Within a

00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:18.660
 generation we

00:41:18.660 --> 00:41:19.300
 see the gospel

00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:20.420
 on three

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:21.519
 continents.

00:41:22.180 --> 00:41:22.740
 We're a

00:41:22.740 --> 00:41:23.600
 result of

00:41:23.600 --> 00:41:23.920
 that.

00:41:24.220 --> 00:41:24.500
 Everything

00:41:24.500 --> 00:41:25.120
 that's happening

00:41:25.120 --> 00:41:25.900
 here and

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:26.340
 the gospel

00:41:26.340 --> 00:41:26.900
 beginning to

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.539
 go forth and

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:28.059
 the fulfillment

00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:28.400
 of these

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:30.360
 promises begin

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:30.900
 with the

00:41:30.900 --> 00:41:31.460
 repentance of

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:31.920
 these people.

00:41:32.220 --> 00:41:32.740
 Coming to

00:41:32.740 --> 00:41:33.539
 faith and

00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:34.600
 launching out

00:41:34.600 --> 00:41:35.420
 the purposes

00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:36.360
 of God

00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:37.180
 in the world.

00:41:37.340 --> 00:41:37.760
 We live in

00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:38.519
 this day and

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:39.079
 we're still

00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:40.100
 meant to be

00:41:40.100 --> 00:41:40.820
 about bringing

00:41:40.820 --> 00:41:42.019
 this about.

00:41:43.120 --> 00:41:43.800
 The repentance

00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:44.240
 of forgiveness

00:41:44.240 --> 00:41:44.640
 of sin should

00:41:44.640 --> 00:41:45.100
 be proclaimed

00:41:45.100 --> 00:41:46.160
 in His name

00:41:46.160 --> 00:41:47.019
 to all

00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:47.519
 nations.

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:48.559
 It's where

00:41:48.559 --> 00:41:48.960
 we find

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:49.480
 ourselves

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:50.660
 today.

00:41:52.059 --> 00:41:52.600
 So in

00:41:52.600 --> 00:41:53.079
 Peter's second

00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:53.539
 sermon we

00:41:53.539 --> 00:41:54.100
 see Him

00:41:54.100 --> 00:41:54.500
 as we

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:54.940
 should

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:55.860
 exalt

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:56.579
 Christ.

00:41:57.660 --> 00:41:58.059
 Indite

00:41:58.059 --> 00:41:58.280
 His

00:41:58.280 --> 00:41:58.660
 listeners

00:41:58.660 --> 00:42:00.079
 and call

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:01.100
 His

00:42:01.100 --> 00:42:01.460
 listeners

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:02.620
 to repent.

00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:04.700
 And so

00:42:04.700 --> 00:42:04.920
 what do we

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:05.140
 do with

00:42:05.140 --> 00:42:05.320
 that?

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:05.700
 It's just

00:42:05.700 --> 00:42:07.539
 for the joy

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:08.120
 of sitting

00:42:08.120 --> 00:42:08.600
 here for

00:42:08.600 --> 00:42:09.800
 45 minutes

00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:10.160
 to an hour

00:42:10.160 --> 00:42:10.500
 and listening

00:42:10.500 --> 00:42:10.880
 to me

00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:11.620
 ramble on

00:42:11.620 --> 00:42:11.900
 about a

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:12.120
 text.

00:42:12.200 --> 00:42:12.500
 Is that

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:13.019
 what the

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:13.320
 point of

00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:13.860
 today was?

00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:14.120
 I hope

00:42:14.120 --> 00:42:14.440
 not.

00:42:14.660 --> 00:42:14.980
 For you,

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.380
 what do you

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:16.079
 leave here

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:16.559
 and do

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:17.400
 with the

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:17.779
 preaching of

00:42:17.779 --> 00:42:18.059
 God's

00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:18.319
 Word?

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:18.840
 Number one,

00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:19.299
 repent.

00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:21.119
 If you

00:42:21.119 --> 00:42:21.819
 never have,

00:42:21.940 --> 00:42:22.400
 do so

00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:22.940
 today.

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:24.619
 Listen to

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:24.880
 those

00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:25.679
 prompters

00:42:25.679 --> 00:42:26.659
 leading you

00:42:26.659 --> 00:42:27.940
 to the

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.279
 goodness of

00:42:28.279 --> 00:42:28.579
 God to

00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:28.799
 you in

00:42:28.799 --> 00:42:29.079
 Christ.

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:29.500
 Turn from

00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:29.940
 your sin

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:30.819
 and turn

00:42:30.819 --> 00:42:31.699
 to Him.

00:42:33.699 --> 00:42:34.139
 If you

00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:34.539
 are found

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:35.119
 in Christ,

00:42:35.219 --> 00:42:35.480
 if you

00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:35.819
 have

00:42:35.819 --> 00:42:36.719
 initially

00:42:36.719 --> 00:42:37.299
 repented,

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:38.840
 consider

00:42:38.840 --> 00:42:39.599
 how else

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:39.819
 you need

00:42:39.819 --> 00:42:40.279
 to repent.

00:42:41.159 --> 00:42:41.639
 Truly,

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:42.819
 godly

00:42:42.819 --> 00:42:43.360
 repentance,

00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:44.699
 turning away

00:42:44.699 --> 00:42:45.359
 from sin,

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:46.500
 pursuing

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:47.019
 righteousness.

00:42:48.739 --> 00:42:49.259
 And secondly,

00:42:50.159 --> 00:42:50.559
 and maybe

00:42:50.559 --> 00:42:51.279
 primarily

00:42:51.279 --> 00:42:52.379
 be repentant

00:42:52.379 --> 00:42:53.039
 about this,

00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:54.699
 be about

00:42:54.699 --> 00:42:55.339
 the work

00:42:55.339 --> 00:42:56.299
 of seeing

00:42:56.299 --> 00:42:56.980
 others

00:42:56.980 --> 00:42:57.980
 repent.

00:42:58.679 --> 00:42:59.279
 We've been

00:42:59.279 --> 00:42:59.739
 commissioned

00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:00.539
 to carry

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:01.619
 the goodness

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:01.960
 of Jesus

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:03.319
 Christ to

00:43:03.319 --> 00:43:03.659
 those who

00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:04.199
 are suffering

00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:05.279
 and dying

00:43:05.279 --> 00:43:06.359
 around us.

00:43:06.879 --> 00:43:07.639
 We should

00:43:07.639 --> 00:43:08.119
 go to the

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:08.399
 ends of

00:43:08.399 --> 00:43:08.819
 the earth,

00:43:09.299 --> 00:43:10.359
 but we

00:43:10.359 --> 00:43:10.819
 don't have

00:43:10.819 --> 00:43:11.259
 to to

00:43:11.259 --> 00:43:11.519
 preach the

00:43:11.519 --> 00:43:11.839
 gospel.

00:43:13.279 --> 00:43:13.799
 Countless

00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:14.380
 people

00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:15.460
 around us

00:43:15.460 --> 00:43:15.760
 that need

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:16.000
 the good

00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:16.940
 news of

00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:17.400
 Jesus Christ,

00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:17.980
 that need

00:43:17.980 --> 00:43:19.539
 to repent.

00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:20.539
 Let's pray

00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:20.800
 together.

00:43:20.800 --> 00:43:20.519
 Let's pray

00:43:20.519 --> 00:43:20.820
 together.

00:43:20.820 --> 00:43:21.440
 Let's pray

00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:20.980
 together.

00:43:20.980 --> 00:43:21.440
 Let's pray

00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:21.440